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In The Bleak Midwinter

CRANHAM · Irregular · words Christina Rossetti · music Gustav Theodore Holst

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In The Bleak Midwinter as gath night earth wind nor ered I and sus made poor may wor have ship y am? there, day, tain; moan, What An nough God, In for frost gels heav'n the 2. Our 1. E 5. 4. 3. give an cher win hold Him, gels bim Him, ter, u can can I arch whom not mid Him, and bleak bring a ful comes like a the of to a I thronged man when wa He would ger ter lamb; air; hay; reign: stone; If Cher breast Heav'n Earth I u and stood A shep ser milk, flee i and herd, phim way ron, a a as were bim ful earth hard of a shall and do maid down place on suf my en be I in fall sta snow a would her ble part; bliss, fore, ficed snow, In If But nough Snow I on for the had E wise moth an win snow man, er, gels ter snow, on were ly Him, bleak fall a His whom mid en, my a a sus a which give with Je long heart. kiss. dore. Christ. go. what Wor ox Lord In I shipped and the Yet The The might give lov cam win Him: ed el y, ter, ass can the God bleak I Be and Al mid Christina Rossetti, 1906 CRANHAM Irregular Gustav Theodore Holst, 1906

1.In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan,
Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone;
Snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow,
In the bleak midwinter, long ago.

2.Our God, heav'n cannot hold Him, nor earth sustain;
Heav'n and earth shall flee away when He comes to reign:
In the bleak midwinter a stable place sufficed
The Lord God Almighty, Jesus Christ.

3.Enough for Him, whom cherubim worship night and day,
A breastful of milk, and a mangerful of hay;
Enough for Him, whom angels fall down before,
The ox and ass and camel which adore.

4.Angels and archangels may have gathered there,
Cherubim and seraphim thronged the air;
But only His mother, in her maiden bliss,
Worshipped the Beloved with a kiss.

5.What can I give Him, poor as I am?
If I were a shepherd, I would bring a lamb;
If I were a wise man, I would do my part;
Yet what I can I give Him: give my heart.

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